What factors should someone consider before buying their first motorbike?
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lady fuschia
ANSWERS: 6
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The biggest one is: Can you pick up and right the bike after laying it down? If you can't get it up fast, oil will run into the piston chamber, which can cause severe damage if you try to start the engine with the oil still there.
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Road rash!
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Make sure the bike fits you, the seat height is an important factor and you need to be able to touch the ground w/ both feet. Many bikes are dumped because they are too tall for the rider.
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Don't start with a bike that has too much power and understand that you must be a defensive driver, much more so that driving an auto.
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A Professional Motorcycle Training Course. Appropriate riding gear. What you plan to use the motorcycle for. Where you will park / store it, at home. How good of a driver you already are or think you are in a car, because you are going to have to be better than that to survive on two wheels. Especially defensively speaking. And although you will out-grow it quickly, a light-weight, low powered motorcycle that, sitting on the seat, you can put both feet flat on the ground. Lastly, motorcycles are not for everyone. If you find, after you buy it, that's it's not for you, be smart enough to walk away.
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Cost, reliability, cc displacement (it has to be powerful enough to able to get you out of tight situations fast), if you dump it, can you pick it back up alone, and take a safety course right away. Can you afford your gear, yaknow, leathers, helmet, rain gear? Do you have somewhere safe to park it? Can you afford the insurance?
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